Review Blog

Oct 21 2013

Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz

Walker Books, 2013. ISBN 9781406350869.
(Ages: 11+). Highly recommended. Realistic fiction. This book starts
at about Chapter 17 of the first Alex Rider book (Stormbreaker). It
tells the story of the mysterious Yassen Gregorovich's past and what
made him who he is.
This begins with Yassen receiving a three word message from Scorpia;
'Kill Alex Rider'. Yassen is then struck by the similarities between
himself and Alex and starts reading his diary to find out why.
From Estrov to Moscow to Venice, this is Yassen's story of how he
came from a non-existent village to his family's killers' slave to
the assassin he is in the Alex Rider series. There are some violent
and somewhat grisly scenes, but all in all I recommend it highly.
Jos Alcorn (Student)